Sijua meriani

Sijua meriani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Thyridinae
Genus: Sijua
Species: S. meriani
Binomial name
Sijua meriani
(Gaede, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Rhodoneura meriani Gaede 1917

Sijua meriani is a species of moth of the Thyrididae family. It is found in the Seychelles.

The head and thorax of this species are brown-violet, the wings grey-violet with brown transversal lines. The wingspan of this species is 16 mm.[1]

References

  1. ↑ (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:376
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